Reported records
22,546
Rows imported for 2021.
City of Boston public payroll explorer
Boston Payroll in 2021
Boston payroll in 2021 included 22,546 reported records across 230 departments and 1,460 titles. This page highlights top reported pay, overtime-heavy records, and the departments and job categories with the largest payroll footprints that year.
Total payroll
$1,866,643,384
Total gross pay represented in the annual file.
Average pay
$82,793
Average reported gross pay per record.
Overtime
$130,690,474
Total overtime reported that year.
Top paid records in 2021
Full leaderboard$1,264,844
$1,252,991
$350,183
Highest overtime records
Overtime page$171,119
$167,510
$150,491
$145,803
$145,511
$145,058
$134,630
$133,325
$131,224
$129,343
$125,090
$123,256
$122,449
$121,166
$120,445
$118,804
Top departments in 2021
- Boston Police Department $408,762,469
- Boston Fire Department $269,877,412
- BPS Special Education $56,397,226
- BPS Facility Management $32,286,946
- Boston Public Library $29,513,719
- Public Works Department $26,454,426
- Traffic Division $21,445,826
- Boston Cntr - Youth & Families $21,422,082
- BPS Madison Park High $21,231,131
- BPS Boston Latin $18,893,780
- Inspectional Services Dept $17,823,027
- Parks Department $17,273,070
Top titles in 2021
- Teacher $490,804,269
- Police Officer $175,999,724
- Fire Fighter $116,967,830
- Paraprofessional $53,799,385
- Police Detective $50,410,764
- Fire Lieutenant $28,212,754
- Police Sergeant (Det) $27,284,856
- Police Sergeant $26,330,650
- Fire Fighter-Technician $21,560,163
- Nurse $15,874,286
- Speech & Language Pathologist $14,661,475
- SpEd Support Svcs Coordinator $13,326,376